Brief-ercise

Did you know that a short burst of intense exercise is extremely beneficial not only for overall fitness, but for building lean muscle tissue and promoting longevity? Just imagine exercising from only two minutes to a maximum of 17 a couple of times a week and still...
“A Miracle for Breakfast”

“A Miracle for Breakfast”

Elizabeth Bishop, that precise, austere poetess, penned so many odes to prosaic, un-picturesque subject matter (filling stations, bus rides) that one critic described her best work as a “magical illumination of the ordinary.”  An early piece, penned...
Ambassador on Two Wheels

Ambassador on Two Wheels

About seven years ago, when my daughter was an infant, I resolved to get myself back into good enough shape to keep up with her. I had just hit forty, and though I’d been a very fit marathon runner once upon a time, it had been nearly a decade since I’d...
Soy and Breast Cancer

Soy and Breast Cancer

Cancer prevention strategies and potential cure-alls range from the banal (the often-repeated three: exercise, eat healthfully, avoid excessive alcohol consumption) to the arcane and controversial.  One of the most presently controversial foods or products,...
Wellness: Holiday Blues

Wellness: Holiday Blues

Perhaps the most common feeling people have during the last couple of months of each year is one of pressure. The holiday season is laden with expectations—expectations we put on ourselves, our society and our families—and the compulsion to fulfil them...